From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.chez-thomas.org (hermes.mlbassoc.com [64.234.241.98]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0FE9E01304 for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 14:15:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix, from userid 1998) id 6F5D8F81243; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:15:52 -0600 (MDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on hermes.chez-thomas.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=4.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from hermes.chez-thomas.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.chez-thomas.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EA64F811DE; Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:15:51 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <4F7B6887.9040602@mlbassoc.com> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:15:51 -0600 From: Gary Thomas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:10.0.1) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Autif Khan References: <4F68A6F6.8080900@linux.intel.com> <4F7461AC.7050202@linux.intel.com> <2917058.nSOBk0kvaU@helios> <7E680CB2A76BB8438D08CF13C09FC53A46AEA5A6@ORSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com> <7E680CB2A76BB8438D08CF13C09FC53A46AF089A@ORSMSX101.amr.corp.intel.com> <4F7B61B2.9050208@mlbassoc.com> In-Reply-To: Cc: yocto@yoctoproject.org Subject: Re: How to change the startup application X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:15:52 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 2012-04-03 15:12, Autif Khan wrote: >>> Hi Autif, thanks a lot for providing the answer here. Since no one is >>> showing any objections here, I updated the wiki page with your answer >>> (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/FAQ:How_do_I_change_and_add_startup). >>> Please let me know if there is any suggestions or concerns. >> >> >> This rather narrow answer is only useful if you are running a MatchBox >> desktop. >> There are many other deployment scenarios which would require a different >> approach. > > That is true. > > However, All over the Yocto Project's website - the common bitbake > commands for an image is either core-image-minimal or core-image-sato. > (core-image-sato-sdk also uses matchbox). > > minimal does not start any app - not counting daemons and gettys > > If the user chooses another window manager - they are/should be on their own. > > I just assumed that we are not trying to document the init process > (bootloader, kernel, initrd, inittab, init.d etc) > > We are trying to answer a less experienced developer to replace the > default window manager with their own app Then it should be made clear that this answer only covers that scope. The Wiki page title implies that it is a more generic answer. > > There is a chance that I am not aware of the default application being > other than matchbox. Can you please provide me some counter example? I can think of many, most that are headless (no window environment at all) -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gary Thomas | Consulting for the MLB Associates | Embedded world ------------------------------------------------------------